Travel Blogs from Turkey

... become special to you immediately. The men in Develi Spice shop and the ones at Omar's are topping that list here in Turkey.
After stuffing ourselves and getting a little tipsy we started to stroll in the direction of the cistern. We were diverted by ...

... , including a strange apple yogurt drink and a sweet cheese pastry. It was pretty interesting to witness Ramadan in a country like Turkey.
Before leaving the country, we made sure to purchase some real Turkish Delight (lokum in Turkish) to bring to ...

... ; this is probably not the reason for this united act of respect here and now, but we chose for it to be. We were in Turkey, in a city full of life, where the most Australian men died in War efforts. I felt more energy in this stationary moment than when ...

Well, today we set off to Sultanahmet, the ancient part of Istanbul for a spot of sightseeing. It's always possible to overdo these things, especially for Maggie and Georgie who are not wild about monuments etc in the first place. We found the spice ...

Here we are ın the crazy land of Turkey.
Agaın ıts the land of sales and we have been to see carpets and pottery. They gıve you free beer whılst the ıs the demonstratıon. Thıs seems like a free deal until you feel a little tidly and suddenly ...

... woman again, who some of you will remember from travels in Egypt, which promises to make the trail through southern Turkey to Cappadocia a pleasant and pleasurable experience indeed. It should also entail some very interesting sights so I hope you stick ...

... surged to the front. Eventually we made it through onto the boat and thankfully had a very quick and smooth journey to Mamaris, Turkey.
On arrival we were ushered to a shorter queue for people staying in Turkey, not just day tripping, and made our ...

... with the incompetence senior commanding officers did result in the spiritual birth of three great nations - Australia, New Zealand and Turkey - so it was not a completely pointless exercise.
(The rest of this entry will be a composite of my lone ...

... To get here Mystery and I rode a red-eye bus service from Antalia to the teeny town of Goreme (pron. Goremay) in Turkey's heartland - Central Anatolia. Eleven straight hours on a very uncomfortable bus arriving at 6am is always going to turn messy and we ...

Eastern Turkey is nice enough and long-term travellers say it can be the most interesting part of the country. We are down to the last three months of our trip though and we still have a lot of countries to see, so we start to head back west. One place ...

... there were calls from the shops and pushy sales tactics. Here's looking forward to moving away and seeing some 'real' Turkey again. We had a great time going through the museum and seeing some interesting sites. As well, the food's ...

As I prepare to restart the blog writing in 2014 I thought I would finish writing about my last trip a year and a half ago. I may have a bit of trouble remembering some parts but I wanted to write about a memorable final week in Istanbul. My bad for not ...

... is a superhighway and travelling was quick. However, when we got to Izmir we descended into the most polluted city we've seen here in Turkey. We wanted to get through as quickly as possible, but that's not so easy. It was not a pleasant drive for a while ...

... no student discount. I had gotten such hefty student discounts in Egypt that the lack of foreign student discount in Turkey came as a disappointment. The only official student discount we got so far was at Dolmabache Palace (20ytl adults, ...

... ride to Cesme was a classic from the outset, after I met some guys from Crete who were on a short holiday into southern Turkey. Alexander, Michael and George had a bottle of sweet wine and a small bag each and were very helpful in explaining some of the ...

... have been an incredible spectacle back in Roman times. So if you are heading this far out of the way on your travels through Turkey it is worth a stop.
Oh yes, bring enough money with you to cover your first night in town and the entrance fee. ...

... crops.
From here, I left Monday morning for the Syrian border to get a visa. I waited for four hours, as they needed to fax Damascus and get permission, then they stamped my passport and I was in Syria, after a couple of weeks in eastern ...

... ...a huge city...15 million people...spanning two continents, Europe and Asia...Topkapi, the palace...water taxis....traffic...modern Turkey...
And I think I'm ready for a bit of "modern-ness". I'm somewhat challenged by the inability to ...

... anyone catching the carp will go blind. Consequently they appear to us to be the most pampered and portly fish in Turkey. I say, dynamite 'em.
Built by Suleyman The Magnificent in the mid sixteenth century, the bazaar is eastern Turkey's largest and ...

... finally forced ourselves to move on. The only problem was where? Well, as you can probably guess from the title we chose Kas in Southern Turkey. We had planned to spend a few days in Kas but on arrival we made the snap decision to only spend 1 day as it ...

... us up on it.
So that's it folks. Not much more to say except shhhhhhh, don't tell anyone about Yakakoy or Palamutbuku.
Next Pod, Kas - Turkey.
Love,
Nath and Kat.
Ps. Congrats Jax and Matt on the great news. We're very excited for you ...

... as well. A lovely little spot but I'm not so sure it was worth the pain.
The Open Air Museum is one of Turkey's many world heritage sites. Essentially what the open air museum entails is a cluster of rock cut Byzantine houses, churches, chapels and ...

... , and Turkish trains have a far better reputation of being on-schedule. Once in Pamukkale we will begin a whistle stop tour of South Aegean Turkey. We'll hit some of the big sites as well as a few beach towns before we take a ferry to the Greek island of ...

... nbsp;us up the Bosphorus until we reached the Black Sea, and return. The Bosphorus is the stretch of water that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey. It joins the Sea of Mamara to the Black Sea.
We were a bit early for the ferry ride so wandered ...

We decided we didn't want another long overnight bus journey and would spend the day looking round Diyarbakir. It's another walled town and they supposedly have cheap carpets there. Not that we needed any more. The downside was that we would have to ...